2016_Big_East_Conference_softball_tournament

2016 Big East Conference softball tournament

2016 Big East Conference softball tournament

College softball tournament

The 2016 Big East Conference softball tournament was held at The Ballpark at Rosemont in Rosemont, Illinois. The tournament, hosted by DePaul University, ran May 13 through May 14, 2016 and determined the champion for the Big East Conference for the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. Fourth-seeded Butler won the tournament for the first time and earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2] The entire tournament aired on Fox Sports 2. Dave Bernhard and Bob Brainerd served as the broadcasters for Fox.

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Format and seeding

The top four teams from the conference's round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament, and were seeded one through four. They played a single-elimination tournament.[3]

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Tournament

Semifinals Championship
      
1 DePaul 6
4 Butler 10
4 Butler 10(8)
3 St. John's 8
2 Villanova 0
3 St. John's 10(5)

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

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Most Outstanding Player

Sarah Dixon was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Dixon was an outfielder for Butler.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "2016 Big East Softball Standings and Leaders". Big East Conference. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Butler Defeats St. John's in Extra Innings to Win BIG EAST Softball Championship". Big East Conference. May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "2016 Big East Conference softball tournament". bigeast.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
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